Web 2.0 New Tools, New Schools by: Gwen Solomon and Lynne Schrum
Book Study
Reader's Response
Chapter 1 New World, New Web, New Skills
Chapter 2 Students and Learning
Chapter 3 New Tools
The internet and what it is and can do has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. Our students are born into that change and we must change how we teach to adapt to their needs. These "digital natives" already spend more time "connected" in their early years than most adults born before 1990 ever will. They live and think in "digital" and we are trying to teach in analog. Imagine plugging an Atari cartridge into an iPhone...
Using technology to teach is much easier and available now that the internet and apps are becoming more and more open-source. No more licensing issues, no more installing programs, it's all there on the internet available anywhere anytime. USE IT!!!! No one is saying you have to use everything and be an expert on each. Just pick one or two and play and learn it, then incorporate is with your students. You'll be amazed at the change in them. Once you are comfortable with that, pick another and go again. If we as teachers are afraid to learn new technologies to use, how can we expect our students to want to learn new information in class? Shouldn't we lead by example, not by order?
Chapter 4 New Tools in Schools
Chapter 5 Professional Development
Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools
Chapter 4: Is it important for schools to use the new tools to integrate technology in our curriculum? Why or Why Not? * Schools should integrate new technology tools to prepare students for their digital futures. From careers to hobbies to daily life, technology will have an impact on everyone in some way. Educators' jobs are to prepare students for the future, which includes an ever-increasing role in technology and computers each year. Chapter 5: How could we use Professional Learning Communities within the school setting to move the usage of Web 2.0 tools within our schools forward? *Small learning communities can demonstrate new tools in a comfortable setting, which will encourage use. Then members can become experts before teaching others and differentiating needs of all faculty members at the school. Chapter 6: Do administrators have to be technology-savvy to be effective technology leaders? Why or why not? * They do not necessarily need to be fully tech-savvy, but they do need a baseline of knowledge on digital tools and curriculum in order to support, encourage, and provide guidance to educators for growth opportunities. Administrators also should have a willingness to learn computer/web technology to emphasize the idea of school 2.0.
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Chapter 2 Students and Learning
Chapter 3 New Tools
Using technology to teach is much easier and available now that the internet and apps are becoming more and more open-source. No more licensing issues, no more installing programs, it's all there on the internet available anywhere anytime. USE IT!!!! No one is saying you have to use everything and be an expert on each. Just pick one or two and play and learn it, then incorporate is with your students. You'll be amazed at the change in them. Once you are comfortable with that, pick another and go again. If we as teachers are afraid to learn new technologies to use, how can we expect our students to want to learn new information in class? Shouldn't we lead by example, not by order?
Chapter 5 Professional Development
Chapter 6 Leadership and New Tools
Chapter 5: How could we use Professional Learning Communities within the school setting to move the usage of Web 2.0 tools within our schools forward? * Small learning communities can demonstrate new tools in a comfortable setting, which will encourage use. Then members can become experts before teaching others and differentiating needs of all faculty members at the school.
Chapter 6: Do administrators have to be technology-savvy to be effective technology leaders? Why or why not? * They do not necessarily need to be fully tech-savvy, but they do need a baseline of knowledge on digital tools and curriculum in order to support, encourage, and provide guidance to educators for growth opportunities. Administrators also should have a willingness to learn computer/web technology to emphasize the idea of school 2.0.
Chapter 8 Systemic Issues
Chapter 9 New Schools